Derek Winnert

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The Saint’s Vacation *** (1941, Hugh Sinclair, Sally Gray, Cecil Parker, Arthur Macrae, Gordon McLeod, Leueen MacGrath, Felix Aylmer) – Classic Movie Review 3226

Hugh Sinclair takes over the halo from George Sanders as Simon Templar in the seventh of the RKO Pictures’ The Saint series, co-written by original author Leslie Charteris and produced and filmed in the UK. […]

Jan, 04

The Punisher *** (1989, Dolph Lundgren, Jeroen Krabbé, Louis Gossett Jr) – Classic Movie Review 3118

Dolph Lundgren stars in one of his best roles as hero-cop Frank Castle, aka The Punisher, who turns underground avenger when his wife and kids are slain by the mobsters he had been pursuing. This […]

Dec, 01

Scream and Scream Again **** (1970, Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alfred Marks, Michael Gothard) – Classic Movie Review 2829

Director Gordon Hessler’s interestingly conceived and imaginatively done 1970 British science-fiction shocker is notable as the first film to unite the great horror movie triumvirate of Vincent Price, Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing, though alas they do not […]

Aug, 18

The Raven **** (1935, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Irene Ware, Lester Matthews, Inez Courtney, Spencer Charters, Ian Wolfe) – Classic Movie Review 2677

The great Thirties fright team of Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff are happily re-paired for the highly estimable 1935 Universal Studios horror item The Raven, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem. Director Lew Landers re-assembles […]

Jul, 07

Everly *** (2014, Salma Hayek, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Laura Cepeda) – Movie Review

Salma Hayek goes through hell and high water to face down hitmen sent by her ex, a mob boss, while holed up in her apartment. Director Joe Lynch‘s inventive and exciting action thriller is very […]

Jun, 24

The Big Combo **** (1955, Cornel Wilde, Richard Conte, Brian Donlevy, Jean Wallace) – Classic Movie Review 2,569

Joseph H Lewis’s classic 1955 B-movie film noir thriller The Big Combo is ultra-tough for its day. It pushed a few boundaries and got into censorship problems with its slant on a regulation tale about […]

Jun, 07

Taken ***** (2008, Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen) – Classic Movie Review 2,199

Liam Neeson is great as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, who travels to France and uses his old skills to save his kidnapped estranged daughter, in the stupendous 2008 action thriller Taken. Liam Neeson is great as retired CIA […]

Feb, 22

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